1. The camera doesn’t make the photograph. The photographer makes the photograph. Believing otherwise is the great mistake that separates people who aren’t photographers from people who are. The cheapest Instamatic in the right hands produces better work than the most expensive Nikon in the wrong hands. I’m living proof of that; I used to do that to my father all the time when I was a kid and he had the Nikon. 2. Capturing any experience, no matter how evanescent or mysterious, in a photograph, is exclusively a question of the creativity of the photographer.
david_42: But was he using the zone system? A lot of Adam’s talent was manifested in the darkroom as well as the field. And did he use that big box camera? A lot of factors can’t be duplicated.
This has me remembering a “Mad About You” episode where Yoko Ono commissioned Paul to make a short film about “the wind.” He drove himself crazy before he finally admitted he just couldn’t do it as he’d like. He was loath to tell her, you don’t let Yoko down, after all! When he finally did, her attitude was, “No big deal. It was just a suggestion.”
The focus/subject of the picture is merely an element viewed through a narrow field. The moment encompasses all the peripheries and all the senses. People like the image in the picture, but the photographer remembers the moment, C.
thomas_matkey over 11 years ago
There are some things you just can’t take a good picture of.Unless you’re Ansel Adams.
gary4160 over 11 years ago
I have 2 Ansel prints!
P-B over 11 years ago
Truth.
Plods with ...™ over 11 years ago
try video
listmom over 11 years ago
You can’t catch a mild breeze in a photo.
ronaldschafer over 11 years ago
:D
ckvparsec Premium Member over 11 years ago
I try to memorize the look and feel of a magnificent day to give me enery during a bleak winter. Photos help, but memory is more subtle.
QuietStorm27 over 11 years ago
My 7 year old took a beautiful pic of the sunset with my phone.
rugeirn over 11 years ago
1. The camera doesn’t make the photograph. The photographer makes the photograph. Believing otherwise is the great mistake that separates people who aren’t photographers from people who are. The cheapest Instamatic in the right hands produces better work than the most expensive Nikon in the wrong hands. I’m living proof of that; I used to do that to my father all the time when I was a kid and he had the Nikon. 2. Capturing any experience, no matter how evanescent or mysterious, in a photograph, is exclusively a question of the creativity of the photographer.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
david_42: But was he using the zone system? A lot of Adam’s talent was manifested in the darkroom as well as the field. And did he use that big box camera? A lot of factors can’t be duplicated.
cbrsarah over 11 years ago
Real cameras work better than camera phones.
Arianne over 11 years ago
This has me remembering a “Mad About You” episode where Yoko Ono commissioned Paul to make a short film about “the wind.” He drove himself crazy before he finally admitted he just couldn’t do it as he’d like. He was loath to tell her, you don’t let Yoko down, after all! When he finally did, her attitude was, “No big deal. It was just a suggestion.”
finale over 11 years ago
Pictures should let you drift off for a few moments.
Gokie5 over 11 years ago
My husband, an accomplished amateur photographer, is an admirer of the work of fellow Florida-dweller Clyde Butcher.
chazandru over 11 years ago
The focus/subject of the picture is merely an element viewed through a narrow field. The moment encompasses all the peripheries and all the senses. People like the image in the picture, but the photographer remembers the moment, C.
water_moon over 11 years ago
The problem with trying to photgraph a perfect day, is that in an attempt to capture it, you lose some of your enjoyment of it.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
whmIII: He did a few in color, but ultimately went back to B&W.
Luxurylife over 11 years ago
Oh I don’t know, :I think the htc Amaze and the samsung galaxy s 2 and 3 have cams that would match or surpass normal digital cams today.